Josua Lindahl
Swedish-American geologist and paleontologist (1844-1912)
Johan Harald Josua (Joshua) Lindahl (January 1, 1844 – April 19, 1912) was a Swedish American geologist and paleontologist. He was a professor at Augustana College from 1878 to 1888, then was Illinois State Geologist until 1893. He is the namesake of the extinct Cyprinidae subspecies Aphelichthys lindahlii. and the extinct Medullosales Neuropteris lindahli named by David White (geologist)
Biography
Johan Harald Josua Lindahl was born in Kungsbacka, Halland County, Sweden. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. When his father died in 1854, he was sent to Karlshamn, Blekinge County, to live with relatives. Lindahl attended Lund University, graduating in 1863. He supported himself through tutorship of the noble Essen family. He studied with conchologist John Gwyn Jeffreys on his Atlantic Ocean deep sea surveys in 1870. The following year, Lindahl was part of an expedition to Greenland to retrieve natural blocks of iron.
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